According to a report on the 7th local time, the United States has suspended providing commercial satellite image services to Ukraine. The report cited a statement from the National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency under the US Department of Defense, saying that the United States has "temporarily stopped" Ukraine's access to a system that provides commercially - purchased satellite images by the US.
The report pointed out that the Ukrainian military has long relied heavily on this system, using new images to plan attacks, study the terrain and evaluate the effectiveness of shelling.
The report said that Ukrainian soldiers "immediately" felt the impact of this move. A Ukrainian soldier said that the satellite service in Pokrovsk (referred to as Krasnoarmeysk by Russia), an important town in the Donetsk region, has "disappeared". However, Ukraine can still obtain satellite images through its own purchased accounts.